“For Whom The Band Tolls” Winners Announced

The Download Festival will take place from June 13th to 15th at England’s Donington Park.  Green Day (pictured above), Sleep Token and KoЯn have been announced as the headliners. It’s each band’s first time as a Download headliner. Bullet For My Valentine, Jimmy Eat World, Jinger, Spiritbox and Jerry Cantrell, will be among the approximately one-hundred…

Eric Clapton’s “The Fool” guitar has sold for $1.27 million at Julien’s Auctions “Played, Worn And Torn: Rock N’ Roll Iconic Guitars And Memorabilia” event.   The 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar, first stage-played while Cream (pictured above – Clapton far right) toured the U.S. in the late ‘60’s, was acquired by The Jim Irsay Collection in Indianapolis…

With half the year over, it’s noteworthy that only three songs have had multi-week runs at #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart – Metallica (pictured above) -“Lux Æterna,” Linkin Park – “Lost” and Foo Fighters – “Rescued.” “Lux Æterna,” from the ’72 Seasons” album, was released late last year and topped the chart on…

“I’m a t-shirt salesman. I’m not a musician. I’m literally a traveling tchotchke seller,” Exodus bassist Jack Gibson (pictured above) stated in a recent interview. “That’s what we do. We play music to try to get people to the store and sell them our fuckin’ stuff with stuff printed on it. That’s the business.” After…

Disturbed frontman David Draiman called out the Westboro Baptist Church who chose to protest the band’s 2/2 show in Kansas City. After two fans came on stage to talk about the positives of being Disturbed fans, Draiman mentioned that Westboro Baptist Church members were outside the venue protesting the band’s appearance. He mocked those who consider…

“All My Life,” a Country-Rock collaboration between Falling In Reverse and Jelly Roll, has arrived. The accompanying video leans on Western motifs – bar fight, gun fight and a bank robbery. Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke (pictured above) rides into town on a white, winged horse and gets Jelly Roll out of jail. The…